The secret weapon of many Hollywood actors is a stunning mega-watt smile. True to the legacy of tinsel town, the props are fake yet still terribly expensive. Most actors get a perfect smile by visiting a top cosmetic dentist and shelling out...
There is one rule about skinny jeans. Husky and overweight men can’t pull off the look. For evidence simply watch the movie Superbad in which Seth (played by actor Jonah Hill) tries to squeeze into tiny jeans. After, he asks for Evan’s option...
Use of oil has deep roots in human history. Greek athletes ritually rubbed olive oil all over their body before competing. In ancient Egypt oil was mixed with flowers and plants to produce various healing tonics and cosmetics. For many civilizations...
The Pixma MX870 is the flagship model among three new all-in-one printers from Canon. It is a more office-orientated, pumped up version of the MP640 with added fax functionality and a 35-sheet auto document feeder. Although it is aimed squarely at...
All-in-one printers are getting impossibly cheap these days, probably due to less than ideal market conditions. Ink jets that do everything are flying off the shelves while pricier laser models are taking the back seat. Offerings like Epson’s...
The amount of features companies like Canon, Epson and Lexmark has been able to pack into inexpensive multifunction printers is nothing short of amazing. The days of dropping $400 on multifunction units have bitten the dust, unless you move up to...
Blue is making waves with USB microphones like the Snowball and Yeti. Either one of these mics are great solutions for podcasters starting out today. For veterans, buying yet another microphone isn’t necessary to get the advantages of USB...
The folks at Blue Microphones have a knack for coming up with snappy names for their products. Back when the company concentrated on pricey mics for studio owners, innovative designs were matched with appropriate titles like bottle rocket,...
At some point during the 50s, possibly after the millionth annoying Tupperware party, Moms came under the spell of a mediocre plastic product. Inventor Earl Tupperware sold his company in 1958 for a hefty sixteen million, allowing him to retire for...
All too often unnecessary gadgets eat up time instead of saving it. How many times have you seen that poor soul in the movie theatre tinkering with his or her phone when a golden moment happens on-screen? It’s painful to watch. The Time Machine...
The mini display port was first announced by Apple in the fourth quarter of 2008. It superseded Micro-DVI and Mini-DVI technologies previously found in Mac notebooks. Ironically Apple still hasn’t released a cable with mini display port...
Professional reviewers and garden-variety tech geeks are smitten with IPS panels. Once an expensive option reserved for the pros, prices have come down far enough to make IPS monitors attractive to the budget-minded consumer. The deep, rich...
Let’s face it. Tascam isn’t exactly a top name in reference monitors. In fact ever since their cassette tape Portastudio machines became passé, Tascam has been struggling to make a mark in the pro audio market. Although many pass by the VL-A4...
Recently I wrote an article about Robert Kiyosaki’s cashflow quadrant. It teaches that in the world of business there are four types of people: E for employee, S for self-employed or small business, B for business, and I for investor. The point is...
With all those nasty viruses floating around, good internet security is among the biggest concerns Windows users face. It’s the first program you need to put on any clean install of XP, Vista or 7, so that alone says plenty. At first the choices...
Manufacturers are fiercely competing to make the most powerful pre-workout supplement possible (or at least make you believe it is). Each new supplement to hit the market seems to make bigger claims. Many times it’s a new marketing angle and...